WiFi access for DISC participants

Practically everyone from outside the University attending the DISC classes will want to get on the WiFi network (anyone already at the UofA should already be on UAWiFi, & shouldn't have a problem).

1. eduroam

If you're coming from another academic institution the preferred way to do this is Eduroam. More details are here
https://it.arizona.edu/service/eduroam-wireless
but the important detail if you're eligible to to use the service but haven't tried it yet is that you should check with the IT support people in your own institution before you leave, in case there's anything else they need to set up there. The great advantage is that you don't have to set up any usernames or passwords here, but simply connect to the eduroam WiFi service (which you should see in the list of networks on your laptop, tablet, or phone), using whatever was already working at your home institution. Not only do hundreds of US schools, colleges and government research laboratories participate in Eduroam, but it is a world-wide international collaboration, with access from thousands of locations. There's no time limit on Eduroam access: once you are on, you can keep using it for the duration of your visit (you might have to provide a username & password more than once, but just in the same way a local University of Arizona UAWiFi user might have to log on again under some circumstances).

2. UAGuest

If you can't get onto Eduroam, the fallback option is the UAGuest service. Eduroam gives access similar to what a University of Arizona UAWiFi user would enjoy, but UAGuest is more limited. In the past there was a service called UAPublic that people could see from their mobile devices & connect to by simply accepting some terms of service from a page shown in their web browser, but UAGuest has replaced this, and is a little more complicated; the details are at
https://it.arizona.edu/service/uaguest-wifi
If you want to connect to UAGuest you will need a cell phone that can receive text messages in addition to your WiFi-capable device (and need to have a web browser of some kind on that device). The special case of a smartphone that can get on WiFi and receive texts is fine: you don't need necessarily need two physical devices. To start using the service, you should be seeing the UAGuest service as one of your WiFi network choices, connect to it, open a web browser (and point it at www.arizona.edu if nothing appears initially), choose the Create Account option, fill in the name & cell phone number, then collect the rest of the account information from the text message sent to the phone. The accounts expire after five days, so in addition to any logins necessary to reconnect, a UAGuest user has to go through the whole process of setting up their access from scratch each week.

3. Manual setup

The last resort if you do not have a phone that can receive text messages is for a UofA person to set up their account for them. Only a few people are authorized to use the web forms to do this, so you need to track down Martin Munro to help get your account working. You will still need to provide a unique phone number, though if we're setting up the account manually it won't matter if this can't actually receive text messages. The account will have all the limitations of a self-service UAGuest account: in particular you will have to come back after five days to renew it, or it will stop working.